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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.0758,Lat: 41.6365
Elevation	468 meter above sea level
Local time	0:59:44am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Barcelona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castellar del Valls

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Airesol A-B	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Sant Feliu Raco	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Airesol D	1.6 km	South
4 Sant Feliu del Racó	1.9 km	SouthWest
5 Airesol C	2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	107 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	496 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	502 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Sau (Pantà de Sau) (7.2 km² at a height of around 587 meter above sea level) at a distance of 41.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 78.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 111 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 54%, low mountains: 44%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

60.3 km2

76.8%

Nature

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

11%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Balco in country Spain

El Balco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	26 km	South
2 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	29 km	South
3 Poblet Monastery	Spain	88 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac	ES	0.5 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castellar del Vallès

Type of weather in Castellar del Vallès	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam